NFL Chainle
Connect two NFL players through shared teammates. Follow the players who took their connections to a new team.
The target joins automatically when your new player has a verified link to it.
How to play NFL Chainle
- Start with the player on the board. Search for someone who played on the same team at the same time.
- Select a name to add a link. The match record below the link shows a date when both players appeared for that team.
- Keep connecting teammates until you reach the target. When a new player connects to the target, the game completes the final link automatically.
Every verified route counts. Undo a detour or ask for a hint; neither prevents you from finishing. Unverified picks and hints appear on your score.
A worked example
This example is separate from the daily schedule. A chain in the current dataset:
1. Tom Brady
2. Rob Gronkowski — shared New England Patriots appearance on 2018-02-04
Think about the moves between teams
A receiver's move, a quarterback's second team, or a running back's late-career stop can connect two very different rosters. Follow the player, not just the franchise.
A player who only shares a team name with someone from a different era is not enough. Each accepted link needs a shared-team game in our verified records. Start with a teammate you know, then follow a move to another team.
What's in this board?
A curated network of NFL game appearances. The player list includes selected historical teams, not every roster, practice squad, or offseason signing.
74 searchable players · 9 teams · 11 team-match records · 501 available pairs. Checked 2026-10-07.
Missing connections are possible. “No verified link” means our current records do not prove it; it does not mean the players were never teammates. “Shortest” always means shortest in this dataset, not all of sports history.
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Match sources and coverage
- NFL Super Bowl LII gamebook — Patriots participation and individual statistics
- NFL Super Bowl LIII gamebook — Rams starters and substitutions
- Buccaneers 2024 media guide, printed p. 471 — Chiefs Super Bowl LV individual statistics
- NFL Super Bowl XLV gamebook — Steelers participation and individual statistics
- Broncos official 2015 weekly release, PDF pp. 41–42 — 2014 game-by-game participation and starters
- Cardinals 2017 media guide, printed p. 252 — Saints at Cardinals individual statistics
- NFL 2019 AFC Wild Card gamebook — Titans at Patriots participation
- NFL 2023 Wild Card gamebook — Rams participation and individual statistics
Dates identify a verified match, not a player's complete contract or career interval.
When does the daily pair change?
At 00:00 UTC. Everyone using this data version gets the same pair. If midnight passes during your round, you can finish it before switching to today's board. Pairs repeat after the 501-pair schedule cycles.
Will my progress be saved?
Daily and practice progress are saved separately in this browser. Clearing site data, changing devices, private browsing, or a dataset update can remove your save. Practice draws from the same finite pair collection; it does not change your daily result.
Found a missing or incorrect connection? Send the two names and a match record.
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